Alone in the Dark, it’s not a fun thing when it comes to New Orleans.
It’s been a while since I’d played the prologue of this game, but after going through it I had to put the full release on my wishlist. People started talking about it’s upcoming release so I was prepared to buy it on the day it came out.
New Orleans and voodoo aspects? Yes, please.
Pros:
- Atmospheric
- Voice acting
Cons:
- Clunky combat
- Game stuttering
Explanation to Negative Feedback
Clunky combat
It’s a survival horror, but more of an unraveling of a mystery as the main focal point of the game, so I can excuse the bad combat, as there’s not a lot of it, but basically you have to be a little careful with your ammo as there is a chance you can run out if you’re going out in a blaze of glory and have terrible aim with just a couple monsters.
It’s pretty easy to find the ammo to gear yourself back up during downtime, or in preparation for larger battles.
You do get weapons you can swing at enemies with, if you don’t want to waste ammo, but these weapons do break after a certain amount of hits. Not only that, but you can find molotov cocktails at some point to use them to set enemies on fire.
The dodge isn’t the best and you can get stuck on objects, which really sucks.
My guy couldn’t figure out how to get down off of a table so I had to reload the last auto save to help him out.
Game stuttering
It wasn’t actually so bad when I started the first playthrough for a recording for my podcast, and I had higher settings on that video, but when I started streaming a fresh game, the stuttering was really…oof.
Whether I was running a straight path, turning a corner, entering a cutscene. The stuttering was just bad.
I don’t know if it was because I was streaming, but I even lowered all settings and it just stayed janky as all hell. And that’s not good when you’re entering combat, mind you.
Explanation to Positive Feedback
Atmospheric
The combination of both the surrounding environments as well as the ambiance that goes on around you is top notch. I sometimes feel like I am definitely in a swampy bayou with the sounds of wildlife, including flies and mosquitos around my face.
Plus, some places you come across are just flat out spooky with soft whisperings.
Voice acting
I love that they made all the letters and things you can pick up as spoken content. It’s nice to read things quietly, but the people they’ve got on staff to read some of these things really bring out the story of the game, in my opinion. They make things more real than the reading voice in our own heads ever could.
Links Worth Checking Out
- Nothing here
Achievements
- Alone in the Dark
- An Honest Day’s Work
- Back to Normal
- Bonfire Night
- Case Closed
- Chatterbox
- Come at Me!
- Don’t Mind if I Do
- Drop Me Off in New Orleans
- Found & Lost
- Frenzy
- Gangster
- Hard Boiled
- I Abandoned Him
- I Don’t Got All Night
- I Stole the Child and Let Him Drown
- In Between There are Doors
- Left Holding the Bag
- Librarian
- Look At All the Free Stuff I Got!
- Losing My Mind
- Nobody Knows What Happened
- Now You’re on the Trolley!
- On the Mend
- One of the Thousand Young
- The Past as a Present
- Radical Acceptance
- Safe and Sound
- Somewhere Else Entirely
- Teetotaller
- The Thin Veneer of Civilization
- Watch Out Where You’re Waving That Thing
- Welcome to Derceto
- What Just Happened?
- Whatever It Takes
- When Therapy Makes It Worse
- Where I Belong
- You Can’t Keep Me Out!
